The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-09
A FREIGHT WRECK
BETWEEN HERE AND DENwooD
Last Evenipg--A Fast Express Plungos Inte
n Freight and Sends Things Flying.
Fortunately no ono ID seri.
ousiy uurt-Tho Particulars.

Travel between this city and Benwood
over the Baltimore & Ohio road, was in.
terrupted for q time laet night by q wreck,
the resul! Of another collinion. l. oc.
CURED on the north. bound track about
opposite tho Rivorside blast furnace,
shortly u!ter 8 o'clock. Fortunately no
ono was killed or seriously hurt, though
there were thrao or four almost miracu.
lous eacspea.
Shifting engine No. IS, In charge Of
John Yost, engineer, and with Harry
Drummond CO fireman, lef! Benwood
about 6 o'clock with train OF about
twenty-five empty caro-, mostly coke racks,
as they are called, for thia point with In.
structloIs to cut out or leave aeveral Of
tho cara at the Rlverslds blaut furnace md
stesl plant. The train was IN chsrs, CT
Harry Jackson, conductor.
Tho train made It's way up tho road at O
. moderate rate Of speed and reaching the
furnaces, WAS chopped, and proceeded to
, cut the CIra rs ordered. .E-0
FAhF b1fRESb. .....
AS coon as the stop was made tl,gmar
WAS etarted towards the rear to guard thai
, end. He had gotten about five telegraph
poles toward the rear when train No. AZ
daily fast exp,esa from Baltimore, usst
: for carrying oysters and other perishablt
/ freight, cauo booming around curyo {
short distance Mouth Of whore the train o
7 empties was standing.
J No AZ was drawn by engine No, 740
} Milt Slower, engineer, and Charlie Bow
ore, fireman, and consisted Of an cxptes
Q nearly one hour behind time, and wa
8 coming up at good, lively ratio OF speed
/ The hagman signallcd frsntically, IN,
a Slower threw on his alr-brakeu and re
versed his lover 30 suddenly that for
j, necond it seemed rs though his entlr
u u train would leave the track. But tho mo
= mentum Of the train was 80 great thst i
. was impossible TO check tho npeed to an
i, great etxent, before the engine plunge
into tho rear Of tho freight.
: THE TRAINS COLLIDE.
q Engineer Yost, hearing the alarm, lool
/. ed back, aud aeeing at glace whsttho trou
0 bic was shouted 10 Conductor Jackson
i and those Of the crew who were between
tho cars uucouplius, and then pulling hi
lever open. hia engine fairly leapsd fore
F.. ward. So great g jump did it make tina
the draw heads were pulled ont OF som
Of the cars. lie managed to get AVA
with seven or eight cars and ran up th
track hslf mile before he could e.op. 4
When Fireman Bowers saw what va
going 10 happen he jumped, and iortu
natsly for him landed Gil right on his fee,
Tho engine, az sta:cd, plunged into tn
8 train and piled seven OF the cara up into
4 mos! elaborate wreck. Tho front works Q
! tho engine we're broken OF, tho track tori
), up and tho engine dsraileJ. As lucl
: would have 1t the wreckage fell to the out
sideand did not blockade sho sou.h-buuu,
o track. Word ives sent to this city and
It forcs OF men sent out to clear away th
!. cars and repair the track. Connection
Il wero msdo with the two tracks both eboy
|. and below this wreck, and alter ahoE
8 ldo!ay trains TGro able to get by on time